I think it's far more important to have the symbol browser import symbols into the *project* (not the schematic) as they are selected, so they can be customized as necessary. And it should pop up an annoying information box reminding the user to check the symbol until the user turns the box off. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
If this means adding a footprint viewer and editor to the gschem application, and defining a default directory to store 'tweaked' footprints for that project (".", or .gaf/packages, etc) then I would still consider that a HUGE improvement over what we have to work with now. I use gEDA on and off, so I do not get enough experience to quickly and efficiently find, make, modify footprints. Having to run a second window with pcb running does not help much, because what is easily visible to pcb may not be in the predefined directory structure of gschem, and therefore gsch2pcb. If there was a second library function/window/file browser in gschem, then if it could find the file, then I would be certain that gsch2pcb also would find it and it would cut way down on the 'element not found, pcb board is incomplete' runs I keep making. Or perhaps just a script or tools that will help set up all the resource files so that both programs access the same directories. I am new enough to Linux that it is not always obvious to me that a resource file is missing, has the wrong information, or the syntax is off and I never see a warning message that it is wrong, only that my board is once again incomplete. Mike
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